Chapter Summaries

Su Bai entered a rooftop stairwell in the ruined Wal City and used a talisman to understand three children who told him about the world’s apocalypse. After offering them food and water in exchange for information about the Blood-colored River, he learned that the little girl had seen a painting of one in the city’s Collection Hall.

• Su Bai entered the rooftop and found three children blocking the stairs, then used a Language Comprehension Talisman to understand them.
• The oldest child explained that Nuclear War had devastated the world, leaving Black Fissures, scarce water, dangerous elements, and underground monsters.
• Su Bai asked about the Blood-colored River and offered the children food in exchange for help finding it.
• Su Bai gave the hungry children food and water, and the little girl said she had seen a painting of a blood-colored river in the city’s Collection Hall.

Su Bai gave food to three children in the Collapsed World, but watched the food rot and the children vanish without warning. He fled to the Collection Hall to search for a Secret Realm Entrance and found another Human Child hiding inside.

• Su Bai learned where the Collection Hall was and gave the three children food from his Storage Bag.
• Su Bai watched the food rapidly decay into filth, then saw the three children disappear and the remains turn into Yellow Earth.
• Su Bai decided to leave the strange building and flew toward the Collection Hall to look for an exit.
• Su Bai cautiously entered the Collection Hall and found its contents almost entirely rotten.
• Su Bai searched for spatial fluctuations and discovered a yellow-haired, yellow-skinned Human Child curled up in a corner.

Su Bai woke the Yellow Haired Child, whom he suspected was the Incarnation of Earth Law, and learned that the Violent Woman and Nightmare Uncle had separated the four siblings. He agreed to reunite the children and used Earth Escape Technique to reach the building where the others had appeared.

• Su Bai struck the sleeping Yellow Haired Child with his Dharma sword until the child woke from a terrifying nightmare.
• The Yellow Haired Child warned Su Bai that the Violent Woman and Nightmare Uncle were pursuing them and had separated the Four Siblings.
• Su Bai told the child he had seen the blue-haired girl, the Green-haired child, and the red-haired boy on a nearby rooftop.
• The Yellow Haired Child asked Su Bai to help find the other siblings so they could defeat their pursuers and restore the world, and Su Bai agreed.
• Su Bai found that the child’s weight made his Dharma sword unable to fly, so he took the child underground with Earth Escape Technique and reached the building.

Su Bai found Earth Law and searched a building for his three missing siblings while Earth Law fought the Violent Woman. He reunited with the children, but they could not see the battle or the Umbrella Man, whom the Green-haired Boy identified as Nightmare Law, the one who had separated the siblings and caused the world to collapse.

• Earth Law asked Su Bai to find his three siblings and help locate a way out, but a huge bald girl burst from the ground and attacked him.
• Earth Law told Su Bai to find the children as he held off the Violent Woman, and Su Bai searched the building before shouting for them.
• The three children appeared and hurried outside when Su Bai said their big brother was being beaten, but they could not see Earth Law or the Violent Woman.
• Su Bai spotted a tall man carrying a Black Umbrella, and the Green-haired Boy identified him as Nightmare Law, who had separated the siblings and caused the world to collapse.

Su Bai escaped the collapsing world through the Blood River Secret Realm’s exit, bringing Ming Hun back with him. Nightmare Law pursued him, but the waterfall swallowed its claw and became a Blue Water Bead that Su Bai stored for later study.

• The three reborn Law Embodiments realized Earth Law had preserved their city as a safe house, but Nightmare Law was destroying it and threatening their eldest brother.
• Wind Law and Fire Law split Water Law’s body to open the red vortex, revealing the Blood River as their escape route from the collapsing world.
• Su Bai entered the vortex and emerged from the original Blood Waterfall, escaping with Ming Hun.
• Nightmare Law’s black claw pursued Su Bai, but the waterfall transformed into a vortex and swallowed it.
• The vortex became a Blue Water Bead, which Su Bai took and stored inside the Spirit Transformation Furnace.

Su Bai caused the Blood River to vanish, exposing a valley of high-tier spirit medicines and turning the Blood River Secret Realm into a rapidly stabilizing sealed Lesser World. After escaping with his harvest and capturing Ming Hun, he planned to use it to refine a pill that could change the Human Race’s situation in the Demon Star Sea.

• The Blood River disappeared, its water receded, and the Three Sects Cultivators rushed into the exposed Cliff Valley to collect spirit medicines.
• Su Bai used his Spiritual Sense to find and gather rare medicines, including a sixth-tier ingredient for the Lightning Summoning Soul Cleansing Pill, while rescuing Jade Mist Sect Disciples and killing those who attacked him.
• Su Bai determined that the Blood River Secret Realm was becoming a sealed Lesser World that could stabilize and be refined into a Grotto-Heaven within a few years.
• Su Bai activated a prepared Teleportation Array and left the Secret Realm before the other Cultivators finished searching the valley.
• Su Bai returned to his main body, took Ming Hun from the avatar, and refused to free it because he needed it to refine the Soul Nourishing Spirit Origin Pill.

Su Bai returned to the Green Ying Spirit Plain, confirmed the Demon Sealing Altar was secure, and found enough spirit herbs to begin refining pills. On Crimson Flame Island, Duan Cong grew violently agitated as he sat in a secret chamber.

• Su Bai told Zhang Jingyun and the Jade Mist Sect’s Golden Core Cultivators to claim the Blood Red Secret Realm and consider establishing a foothold in the Demon Star Sea.
• Su Bai returned to Green Ying City and inspected the Demon Sealing Altar, finding no significant signs of leakage while Feng Lingchen and Old Ancestor Xiao guarded it.
• Su Bai checked the treasury guarded by Xu Qing and found spirit herbs that completed the ingredients for the Nascent Soul Breakthrough Pill.
• Su Bai chose a Spirit Land for refining the Lightning Summoning Soul Cleansing Pill and had Xu Qing lead War Cultivators in guarding the area.
• Duan Cong abruptly rose in his Crimson Flame Sect secret chamber and blasted a table to nothing with scarlet flames as his unease intensified.

Immortal Palace Cultivators invaded Crimson Flame Island in overwhelming numbers, forcing Duan Cong to choose between fleeing and defending the Crimson Flame Sect. He sent Duan Yang to escape with elite disciples and establish a new sect if the battle was lost, then led the remaining cultivators into battle as the Immortal Palace forces began to overpower them.

• Duan Cong learned that nearly a hundred Immortal Palace Cultivators had surrounded the Crimson Flame Sect square and were killing disciples who tried to approach.
• Duan Cong rejected a general breakout and ordered Duan Yang to take elite disciples to Heavenly Star City and found a new sect if the Crimson Flame Sect fell.
• Duan Cong slapped Duan Yang to force him to leave, then rallied the remaining Crimson Flame Sect Cultivators and charged the Immortal Palace forces.
• Immortal Palace Blade challenged Duan Cong while the other four Pulse Lords engaged the Crimson Flame Sect’s Golden Core Cultivators.
• The Immortal Palace Cultivators held their ground against the sect’s Golden Core fighters and gained a decisive advantage over its Foundation Establishment disciples.

Duan Cong battled the Immortal Palace Blade and unleashed Ancestral Fire Manifestation, merging it with his Flowing Flame form to summon a giant Flame Phantom. He bombarded the battlefield and ordered the Crimson Flame Sect Disciples to retreat.

• The Immortal Palace Blade slashed at Duan Cong, but Duan Cong transformed into Flowing Flame and evaded the attack.
• Duan Cong used his Flowing Flame form to begin casting Ancestral Fire Manifestation while the Immortal Palace Blade kept attacking.
• The Immortal Palace Blade refused to let the other Immortal Palace Cultivators interfere and insisted on fighting Duan Cong himself.
• Duan Cong summoned a hundred-zhang Flame Phantom and filled it with his Flowing Flame, turning it into a Flame Giant.
• Duan Cong rained enormous Crimson Flame Fireballs on the Immortal Palace forces, killing or wounding several Foundation Establishment Cultivators and causing casualties among the Crimson Flame Island Disciples.
• Duan Cong sent a warning to the Crimson Flame Sect Disciples, ordering them to retreat and run if they could.

Duan Cong sacrificed his Golden Core to fight the Immortal Palace Blade, but was killed after his empowered Flame Giant was destroyed. With their leader dead, the Crimson Flame Sect lost Crimson Flame Island to the Immortal Palace.

• Duan Cong shattered his Golden Core and sent the empowered Flame Giant to attack the Immortal Palace Blade.
• The Immortal Palace Blade survived Duan Cong’s flames and destroyed the Flame Giant with a devastating Blade Aura.
• Duan Cong died, thinking of Yan Chi and hoping he would restore the Crimson Flame Sect.
• The Crimson Flame Island Cultivators panicked after Duan Cong’s death, and the Immortal Palace Cultivators took control of the island.
• The Immortal Palace Cultivators set up Magic Arrays across Crimson Flame Island, securing it for the Immortal Palace.

After the Immortal Palace seized Crimson Flame Island, Xuanzhe ordered its five Pulse Lords to hold the island and prepare for the South Sea Nine Islands’ response. On Rock Island, Zhong Ming gathered Golden Core Cultivators to discuss driving the Immortal Palace out.

• The Immortal Palace exterminated Crimson Flame Island’s Foundation Establishment and stronger Cultivators, enslaved its remaining Qi Refining Cultivators, and claimed the island as a stronghold.
• The five Pulse Lords reported their victory to Xuanzhe, who warned that the South Sea Nine Islands would likely unite and ordered them to defend Crimson Flame Island.
• Xuanzhe revealed that the Yellow Springs Envoy had arrived to help and promised to move the Immortal Palace Grotto-Heaven to the island if the South Sea accepted its occupation.
• The South Sea Upper Nine Islands’ Golden Core leaders gathered on Rock Island to deliberate after learning that the Immortal Palace had captured Crimson Flame Island.
• Zhong Ming described the Immortal Palace as a plundering Demonic Path force and urged the Nine Islands to unite and drive it from Crimson Flame Island.

Zhong Ming secured the Nine Islands’ agreement to attack Crimson Flame Island by promising Barren Rock Sect’s Old Ancestor would join the campaign and defending Rock Island’s claim to half the spoils. The coalition prepared to set out that night, while Zhong Ming went to inform his Old Ancestor.

• Yang Ren questioned Zhong Ming’s proposal to give Rock Island half of Crimson Flame Island’s resources and divide the rest among the other seven islands.
• Zhong Ming defended the split by citing Barren Rock Sect’s larger troop commitment and its Old Ancestor’s support against the Immortal Palace.
• Zhong Ming asked Lin Huasheng to seek help from Lu Jiu and the Heavenly Star Alliance, but Lin Huasheng avoided relying on his friendship with Su Bai for the coalition’s benefit.
• Yang Ren and the other Nine Islands Cultivators accepted Zhong Ming’s proposed division after learning the Old Ancestor would join the campaign.
• Zhong Ming ordered the coalition to prepare to attack Crimson Flame Island that night and left to report the plan to his Old Ancestor.

Immortal Palace Wood detected the South Sea Nine Islands force approaching Crimson Flame Island, and the Immortal Palace prepared its defenses. Immortal Palace Yellow Springs intervened to save Immortal Palace Eagle from the Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor, leaving the two Nascent Soul Cultivators facing off.

• Immortal Palace Wood sensed the Southern Sea Cultivators approaching and warned the other Pulse Lords through their Immortal Seeds.
• Immortal Palace Eagle reported that the South Sea Nine Islands force included sixteen Golden Core Cultivators and three hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators, before a Nascent Soul Cultivator injured his eyes with Spiritual Sense Power.
• The Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor rushed from the sea to kill Immortal Palace Eagle as he descended toward the Magic Array.
• Immortal Palace Yellow Springs emerged from the Magic Array and punched the Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor into the sea.
• Zhong Ming halted the South Sea Nine Islands advance to watch the Nascent Soul battle, and the Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor asked Yellow Springs to identify himself.

Tiangang used his Earth Attribute abilities and physical strength to overwhelm the Barren Rock Sect Old Ancestor, who tried to retreat and then spent his blood essence to survive. The chapter left the Old Ancestor nearly out of power as Tiangang confronted him underground.

• Tiangang filled the sea with Earth Spikes, struck the Barren Rock Sect Old Ancestor with a punch, and wounded him with a concealed spike.
• The Barren Rock Sect Old Ancestor ordered the Nine Islands Alliance Army to withdraw, while the Immortal Palace pursued the retreating cultivators.
• Tiangang trapped the Old Ancestor in an Earth Thorn Prison and attacked him with dense spikes.
• The Old Ancestor detonated his century-refined Blood Essence Sac, restored his injuries, and broke through the prison.
• Tiangang dropped a massive dark mountain on the Old Ancestor, then used Earth Escape to approach him as his blood essence ran low.

Tiangang overwhelmed the Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor in a brutal fight beneath the mountain and destroyed his Nascent Soul. The only Nascent Soul Cultivator on Rock Island fell.

• Tiangang subdued the Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor and drained his strength with his Killing Intent.
• The Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor summoned the Heavenly Spirit Umbrella to block Tiangang’s punch, but Tiangang shattered it with a relentless barrage.
• Tiangang’s punches blasted the Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor through the mountain and left his body unable to move.
• The Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor’s Nascent Soul fled, but Tiangang trapped it with an Earth Shield.
• Tiangang shattered the Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor’s Nascent Soul despite his pleas for mercy.

After killing the Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor, Tiangang absorbed his flesh-and-blood essence and withdrew underground to cultivate. The Immortal Palace forces returned to their stronghold, prepared for a South Sea counterattack, and reported the battle to Xuanzhe.

• Tiangang refined and swallowed the Crag Rock Sect Old Ancestor’s flesh-and-blood essence, gaining strength but growing drowsy as he began to digest it.
• Tiangang used the Earth Escape Technique to find a secluded place underground and enter brief Closed-door Cultivation.
• Immortal Palace Eagle urged the others to return to the stronghold and prepare for the South Sea’s next attack.
• Immortal Palace Blade and Immortal Palace Fist discussed their kills and praised Tiangang’s strength, mistaking him for a Nascent Soul-level Body Cultivator.
• The Immortal Palace members returned to the stronghold, activated the Defense Formation and Communication Formation, and reported the battle to Xuanzhe.

Xuanzhe told the Five Pulse Lords to hold Crimson Flame Island until Tianshu arrived to command them, then urgently contacted Su Bai as the South Sea conflict escalated. Before responding, Su Bai copied Old Ancestor Heavenly Star’s Starry Sea of Consciousness talent and ended the chapter asking Xuanzhe what had happened.

• Xuanzhe praised the Five Pulse Lords’ defense of Crimson Flame Island and told them to obey Tianshu, who would soon arrive in the South Sea.
• Xuanzhe realized the conflict had escalated after a Nascent Soul Cultivator fell and decided Su Bai needed to act.
• Su Bai presented Soul Nourishing Spirit Origin Pills to Old Ancestor Heavenly Star and asked him to deliver another pill to Heavenly Law Ancestor.
• Su Bai probed Old Ancestor Heavenly Star’s talents and discovered his Mysterious Tier Starry Sea of Consciousness and Yellow Tier Five Elements Spell Talent.
• Su Bai copied Starry Sea of Consciousness when their fingertips touched, then returned to his study and contacted Xuanzhe about his urgent messages.

Su Bai agreed to travel to the South Sea to help Xuanzhe stabilize the conflict and examined how the Starry Sea of Consciousness had strengthened his spiritual sense. He prepared his allies for the journey, gave Jiang Han pills to aid his breakthrough, and summoned four Immortal Palace members to the Green Ying Spirit Plain outpost.

• Xuanzhe told Su Bai that the Immortal Palace was under attack in the South Sea and asked him to help defend Crimson Flame Island.
• Su Bai agreed to set out immediately, then discovered that merging with the Starry Sea of Consciousness had expanded his spiritual sense range to three thousand li and was steadily nourishing his soul.
• Su Bai summoned Jiang Han and gave him five Profound Gold Pills, urging him to advance to the Golden Core Stage.
• Su Bai teleported to the Green Ying Spirit Plain outpost, assumed the appearance of Tianshu, and summoned Su Duanqiu, Li Sanxun, Yi Yan, and Long Xin.
• Su Duanqiu, Li Sanxun, Yi Yan, and Long Xin arrived at the outpost within several days.

Su Bai gathered four Immortal Palace Golden Core Cultivators in Green Ying City and teleported them to the South Sea to reinforce Crimson Flame Island. On Rock Island, Zhong Ming feared the consequences of his sect’s Old Ancestor falling and set out to seek aid from Old Ancestor Yun of Thunder Cloud Palace.

• Su Bai told the four Immortal Palace Golden Core Cultivators they would accompany him to reinforce Crimson Flame Island, then used his Spiritual Pressure to carry them onto the Teleportation Array.
• Su Bai and the four arrived at Rock Island by teleportation.
• Zhong Ming worried that the Barren Rock Sect had lost its Nascent Soul protector and that the Immortal Palace Cultivators on Crimson Flame Island might attack.
• A Barren Rock Sect elder advised Zhong Ming to seek help from Old Ancestor Yun Fusheng of Thunder Cloud Palace on Thunder Island.
• Zhong Ming gathered resources from the sect treasury and set out for Thunder Island to persuade Old Ancestor Yun to intervene.

Su Bai arrived at Crimson Flame Island, received its spoils and intelligence, and agreed to the Five Pulse Lords' plan to seize Rock Island before the South Sea could rally. He sent his subordinates to support the attack while he prepared to assist from the shadows.

• Su Bai traveled to Crimson Flame Island with four Immortal Palace Golden Core cultivators, sensing through the Corpse Control Seal that Heavenly Gang was digesting the essence of a slain Nascent Soul cultivator.
• The five Immortal Palace Pulse Lords greeted Su Bai and handed him seventy percent of Crimson Flame Island's spoils.
• Immortal Palace Wood reported that Rock Island was nearly undefended and that its Sect Master had gone to Thunder Island to seek aid from Old Ancestor Yun.
• Immortal Palace Wood proposed taking Rock Island before the South Sea factions gathered, and Su Bai approved the plan.
• Su Bai assigned his three Immortal Envoys and the Thunder Lord to accompany the Pulse Lords, while he promised to support them from the shadows.